I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

32 Drizzle and Falling Poplar Blossoms

As a judge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Sima Guang knew very well what Jiang Lin had done in this case.

Jiang Lin's reasoning seems to use the simplest method of elimination, but the actual investigation process is much more complicated.

Not to mention finding out all the guests who spent money in Changchun Building on the night of February 24th, but also finding out the people who lived on the third floor, and matching them with the eight rooms one by one to confirm Have they had any contact with Hua Ninghuan?

When checking the remaining two rooms, it is necessary to compare Zheng He's books and notes in Guozixue with the engravings on the bed to finally confirm that Zheng He lived in Tianzi No. [-] room that night.

The Guozi student case happened only two days ago, and there was a joint trial of the three divisions in the case of Chen Zhifu. Sima Guang really admired his brother Baishi's ability to handle the case.

Perhaps Jiang Lin was born suitable for solving crimes.

On the other hand, in the face of Jiang Lin's doubts, Pei Haozhu insisted on the foreword: "Pei said, I don't know which room I lived in at the time, and I never hired any dancers."

"Pei was indeed very drunk that night, but you just said that the Guozi student died around Zishi, but Pei arrived home before Zishi, so it is impossible to have anything to do with his death."

Jiang Lin was slightly surprised when he heard this.

He didn't mention Hua Ninghuan's death when he was asking the question just now, he just wanted to see if Pei Haozhu would bring it up first, but the other party just missed his language trap and pretended to be such a thing .

Jiang Lin persevered and continued to dig a hole: "Pei Shilang calm down, the official didn't say that you were involved in his death, but just wanted to help you analyze which room you lived in that night. The official also knows that you were very drunk that night Two of the wine bowls in the room were broken, I wonder if you ever hurt yourself?"

This sudden concern made Pei Haozhu a little alert, he only said: "Pei doesn't remember breaking any dishes, and he didn't leave any wound on his body..."

"Okay, I just saw a fragment of white porcelain on the bottom of the bed in Room [-] of Xuanzi, and this girl also said in her testimony that when you left Changchun Tower, you were stained with what looked like blood. "

"It's a bunch of nonsense!" Pei Haozhu immediately cast a captivating look at Xiangjiyu, Jiang Lin smoothed things over and said, "Yes, I just want to confirm with you... But look at the engraving on this bed, I lived in Xuanzi that night The guest in the second room should indeed be you, Mr. Pei?"

Pei Haozhu frowned.

He had previously said that he was drunk and couldn't remember clearly, but now he couldn't deny it, so he said, "So what? But Pei has never recruited any dancers, and the name tags in Changchun Building can be taken and hung at will. Maybe someone is trying to confuse Only then did the sign hang up in front of the door of No. [-] room in Xuanzi."

"That's a good explanation. But if you really lived in Xuanzi No. [-] room that night, there will be more problems." Jiang Lin raised his hand, and someone brought up another thing, which was a thick A blood-stained blanket.

Jiang Lin explained to everyone: "This is the blanket directly under Zheng He's body at the scene of Zheng He's death, that is, in Room [-] of Xuanzi. Cut off the blanket, please take a look."

The judges had a picture of the corpse drawn by Wu Zuo, which could be compared with the blood traces on the carpet.

Sima Guang looked at the blood-stained blanket, and praised him: "Because of the corpse blocking, the blood cannot flow directly under the corpse, resulting in a part of the blanket being blank. The rest of the place is soaked in blood, which is quite consistent with the blood flowing from the back." The direction to the ground... I wonder if Jiang Shaocheng discovered something special?"

Jiang Lindao: "Judge Sima is right. But I would like to ask you all to imagine, if the blood soaks this blanket as usual, what would the back of it look like?"

Sima Guang thought for a while and said, "Although there are some patterns on this blanket, the material is not bad, so the shape of the bloodstain on the back should not be too different from the front, right?"

"That's right." Jiang Lin taught people to fetch a few more blood-stained blankets, and explained to everyone, "Xiaguan taught people to cut off all the remaining blankets in the room that were not stained with blood. Sprinkle, drench, pour and other methods to make it stained with chicken blood."

"Immediately, I discovered that with only a small amount of blood, the entire blanket cannot be completely penetrated. And when the blood volume is sufficient, as long as it is not poured slowly at a certain point deliberately, the blood area on the top will be larger than that on the bottom of the blanket, but The shape of the two is basically the same, and the distribution of blood is very uniform."

"According to the scene where Zheng He was hacked to death, the amount of blood is absolutely sufficient, and the bleeding pattern is not pouring, so the blood traces should also meet these characteristics. But..." Jiang Lin paused, and put the original blanket Flip back to everyone.

All the officials showed a look of surprise, and Pei Haozhu's back was drenched in cold sweat.Pei Beiqing lowered her eyes and squeezed the armrest of the chair slightly.

I saw that the shape of the edge of the large bloodstain was almost the same as that of the front, but there was an irregular shape missing in the middle of the bloodstain, as if the blood couldn't penetrate it.

Sima Guang was the first to ask, "How is this done? Is the material here different from other places?"

"Remember what I said just now, a small amount of blood can't penetrate the entire blanket, if there is a solidified blood on this blanket..." Jiang Lin took out another blanket with frozen blood and poured fresh water on it. After the chicken blood is fully penetrated, lift it up.

The front was covered with blood, and the original bloodstains could not be seen, but when Jiang Lin turned the back of the blanket over, everyone saw that there was an obvious blank space on it, which was almost exactly the same as the traces at the crime scene.

"The blanket was stained with congealed blood, and fresh blood naturally couldn't seep down..." Sima Guang suddenly realized, "So before Zheng He died, someone in this room bled?"

Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Before, the lower officials couldn't figure it out. If Zheng He booked the room in Tianzi No. [-] that night, why did we find his body in Xuanzi No. [-] room?"

"...Now it seems that the killer who was witnessed by Bai Yutang took Zheng He's life with a short blade, and then slashed several times on his back. Could it be to cover up the blood on the ground? ?”

All the judges have heard about the results of the three-division trial of the Chen Zhifu case before, and they all know that Bai Yutang once testified in court that a hitman from Tuxuetang took Zheng He's life, and wanted to blame him for his death .

The testimonies that have been verified in the previous case will not be questioned at this moment. Jiang Lin even arranged for Bai Yutang to wait outside the hall. The relationship between Pei Mansion and Treading Snow Hall.

At this moment, Pei Haozhu's face has become very ugly.He almost gritted his teeth and said, "...Jiang Shaocheng, what do you mean?"

"The lower official is just a guess based on the evidence at the scene." Jiang Lin hit the rails while it was hot, "Zheng He's death time is presumed to be around Zishi, and Pei Shilang left shortly before Zishi. There was no wound, so who else could have left this bloodstain, and who was this person injured by..."

Although these words are slightly tactful, but the timing is so tight, it is no different from directly naming Pei Haozhu's name.

Combined with Hua Ninghuan's death, although Jiang Lin didn't speak out, the officials present could not help drawing a possibility in their minds.

According to the testimony of Xiangjiyu, the most likely explanation is that Pei Haozhu did go to Room [-] of Xuanzi in Changchun Building that night and summoned Hua Ninghuan as a dancer.

But something unexpected happened in the middle, causing Pei Haozhu to kill Hua Ninghuan by mistake.When he fled in a hurry, he was accidentally seen by Xiang Jiyu, and then he sent the killer from Tu Xuetang to cover up the fact of the murder.

When the killer moved the body, he was accidentally seen by Zheng He, or because he found that the blood on the carpet could not be cleaned up, and killed Zheng He who was alone.

The killer used blood to cover up the previous bloodstain, and by the way created a perfect alibi for Pei Haozhu.

But what shocked the judges the most was that this reasoning was all based on a Qin girl who had changed her testimony three times.

None of them dared to jump to conclusions easily.

Jiang Lin also knew their taboos, so he winked at the yamen servant beside him, telling him to be ready to pass Bai Yutang to the court at any time.

He was going to add another straw to Pei Mansion.

And Pei Haozhu could see that he was in a very disadvantageous situation when he saw the dignified expressions on the faces of the judges who were unable to make a choice.

His bushy eyebrows were frowned, and he still quibbled: "Pei really doesn't understand what Jiang Shaocheng is talking about. Even if another bloodstain was found at the scene, it may be left by Zheng He when he was fighting with the murderer, and it doesn't explain anything."

"Zheng He is a scholar, how can he stand up to the killer in Treading Snow Hall? And if you didn't call the dancers, Hua Ninghuan should always be by Zheng He's side that night. Why did you see that small piece of blood , the first thing that comes to mind is that killer, not the dead Hua Ninghuan?"

Jiang Lin straightened his sleeves, and said, "Or, because you were the one who summoned Hua Ninghuan that night, you haven't dared to mention her name?"

"You... what are you trying to say? Tell me clearly... what is dead, what is..."

This question caught Pei Haozhu off guard, a moment of astonishment flashed across his face, his eyes unconsciously wanted to look in Pei Beiqing's direction, but he hurriedly stopped.

Jiang Lin followed his gaze and found that Pei Beiqing, who was always good at hiding her emotions, also frowned, as if she never expected things to develop like this.

"Aren't you willing to plead guilty?" Hearing Pei Haozhu's incoherent speech, Xiang Jiyu's emotions suddenly exploded and interrupted the other party.

Fu Yi clapped his eyes, and wanted to stop Xiangjiyu's unreasonable noise, but Xiangjiyu kowtowed a few times, and cried after his forehead turned bright red: "Masters, please! Pei Haozhu called my sister Hua Ninghuan to accompany me that night , came out with a hurried expression and bloodstains on his body, all of which I saw with my own eyes! It is an indisputable fact that he killed Hua Ninghuan!"

"Maybe everyone will question the credibility of my testimony because of my background, but I have never said a single false statement. If the officials still don't believe it, I am willing to die to show my will!"

Before the words finished, Xiang Jiyu stood up and bumped into a pillar by the wall before everyone could react.

Blood snaked down the red pillar, such a development is beyond anyone's expectation.

The yamen servants who maintained the order of the court rushed forward in a hurry, but they could only support Xiang Jiyu who had fallen limply to the ground.

Yun Shu, who came to try the job, stepped forward to try it, raised his eyes to Fu Yi and said, "I'm out of breath."

All the judges were shocked by Xiang Jiyu's act of declaring his will by death. It was the first time for Jiang Lin to see someone dying in front of him. Apart from being frightened, he felt a dull pain in his head.

What's up with this?

After a while, Bai Yutang will testify against the collusion between the Pei family and Taxuetang, why did Xiang Zhiyu commit suicide for this matter? !

There was a sudden change in the courtroom, Fu Yifu patted the gavel a few times, and wanted to close the hall to adjust as usual, but Pei Beiqing, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly got up and spoke.

"Wait a minute."

Jiang Lin hadn't had time to feel emotional about the motives of his previous doubts about Xiang Zhiyu, but Pei Beiqing's words overturned his cognition again.

Everyone thought that Pei Beiqing was going to say something in defense of Pei Haozhu, but what they didn't want to hear was the final word on his crime.

"When Hao Zhu returned home drunk that night, the foolish woman went to help him up, and indeed smelled some blood on his body."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.